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Most fathers of the bride probably would not approve of this wedding gown:

A design from the Reem Acra 2014 Bridal Spring/Summer collection show in New York City.

Most fathers of the bride probably would not approve of this wedding gown:

A design from the Reem Acra 2014 Bridal Spring/Summer collection show in New York City.

Photo: JP Yim, Getty Images

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New Year's Eve bash:

Sri Lankan men pummel each other with bags of linens in an attempt to knock each other off a balance beam in Colombo. The game is a tradition during Sinhala and Tamil New Year celebrations on the island.

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Youths cover their mouths

and noses to avoid inhaling dust during rock slides outside the city of Ya'an, Sichuan province. Clogged roads, debris and landslides impeded rescuers searching for survivors of a powerful earthquake in mountainous southwest China that left at least 188 dead.

you could win a grab-bag prize at the World Cat Exhibition in Dortmund, Germany. You put your hand in the bag, and it grabs you.

If you're lucky,

you could win a grab-bag prize at the World Cat Exhibition in Dortmund, Germany. You put your hand in the bag, and it grabs you.

Photo: Frank Augstein, Associated Press

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Local yolk-off

: Afghan men duel in a Tukhum jangi match on the outskirts of Kabul. Tukhum jangi, or egg fighting, is played with one competitor holding an egg end up as another taps it with his egg until one of the shells cracks.

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The girl in the terrarium:

An Afghan child explores the limits of a convex window at her temporary home on the outskirts of Kabul.

The girl in the terrarium:

An Afghan child explores the limits of a convex window at her temporary home on the outskirts of Kabul.

Photo: Rahmat Gul, Associated Press

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The earth needs our help

: Eleven-year-old Bsam Ali sinks below the surface in a polluted canal outside Sanaa, Yemen. Hundreds of countries marked International Earth Day on Monday to help raise ecological awareness and support environmental protections.

A puppy gives the Mets' Kirk Nieuwenhuis some chin music during "Bark in the Park" before the New York-Washington game in New York.

I love you even though you're batting .125:

A puppy gives the Mets' Kirk Nieuwenhuis some chin music during "Bark in the Park" before the New York-Washington game in New York.

Photo: Peter Morgan, Associated Press

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The tabby with the strangely adorable face:

Internet celebrity cat Lil Bub, who always looks like 1) she's out of breath or 2) she smells something weird attends the "Lil Bub And Friendz" screening with owner Mike Bridavsky at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York.

Fourteen-month-old Amelia Down bawls as she's vaccinated for measles, mumps and rubella at a drop-in clinic near Swansea, south Wales. Public health official were investigating the first suspected death from measles in Great Britain in five years following an outbreak blamed on a campaign against vaccinations. More than 800 people have contracted the highly contagious disease in Wales in the past six months.

: Samurais wield swords in a re-enactment of the Battle of Kawanakajima, a landmark engagement during Japan's civil war in the mid-16th century, in Fuefuki, Japan. To the Japanese, Kawanakajima has the same significance that Gettysburg has to Americans.